Reported by Johnson onifade Sequel to the approval by the state Governor prince Dapo Abiiodun MFR.,12 roads have been slated and approved for immediate reconstruction The state commissioner for works and infrastructure Ade Adesanya unvieled this good News while addressing the ptess yesterday. Flanked by the new state commissioner for Information and strategies Alhaji Waheed Odusile,Adesanya said that ... Read More »
The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr Wale Ahmed, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The statement made available by the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Gawat Jubril, noted food markets and non-food markets can reopen every day of the week. Before the announcement, food and non-food markets were allowed to operate three days ... Read More »
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has deployed men to check the vandalisation and looting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Police Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, said in compliance with the directive of the Inspector General of Police, men had been adequately deployed across the city to maintain law and order. ... Read More »
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will be heading a committee that has six state governors as members to engage youths, representatives of Civil Society Organisations, religious and traditional leaders on the fallout of the recent #EndSARS protests. Members of the committee will be engaging the stakeholders on employment, social safety net programmes, and national unity among other key issues of concern. The ... Read More »
Hoodlums are currently looting COVID-19 palliatives in Jos, Plateau state. According to reports, the hoodlums invaded the warehouse in Bukuru, Nitel area, broke the gate and started carting away the consignments. Read More »
The crisis that broke out around Fagba on Tuesday following the ENDSARS protest that turned to violence between the Yorubas and Hausas has been brought under control, and peace meeting has been held between the two factions. Newsthumb gathered that not less that 20 people have lost their lives and several properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed. The ... Read More »
The CCTV footage of the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki are available and intact, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has stated. The footage, he said, would be provided to the judicial panel on police brutality, extra-judicial killings and extortion when necessary. The Governor said this during a live programme on ARISE TV on Thursday monitored by our correspondent. He said ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,has said he made two attempts on Wednesday to contact President Muhammadu Buhari as hoodlums went on the rampage in the state. Sanwo-Olu said this during an interview with Arise TV today Thursday. He stated that the first time he called, he was told the president had yet to be in the office. He said that ... Read More »
In Lagos State especially in Ifako Ijaiye local government within the Fagba area, the endSARS protest has turned to violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s. Our correspondent who witnessed the violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s said it all started yesterday when the hoodlums who hijacked the ENDSARS protest blocked the Fagba road not allowing any vehicle to pass through ... Read More »
Rivers especially, the capital city comprising Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpo local government areas boiled on Wednesday with violence caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #ENDSARS protests. But Governor Nyesom Wike immediately imposed a 24-hour curfew in the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area to avoid the escalation of the violence. Wike, in a statewide broadcast, extended the curfew to Mile 1, ... Read More »
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